Return to search

Studies of Mechanical Properties of Nanoscaled ZrO2 Particulate Reinforced 5083 Alloy using Friction Stir Process

We applied the Friction-Stir Process (FSP) to make the ZrO2 /5083 Al
alloy composite material, and analyzed its physical properties in different aspects. Different weight percents of nanometer composite materials, ZrO2/Al, with well distributed strengthening grains were manufactured with the FSP which was used for five runs on ZrO2 along with the matrix material, aluminum, at 505¢XC, and created reactants of Al3Zr, tetragonal D023 structure, and Al2O3, identified with X-ray diffraction analysis.
The grain size of 5083 Al-alloy could be finer, around 2.6£gm, by the FSP. This study suggests that increasing the addition of ZrO2 into the Al matrix could make the grain size of aluminum finer. We found that the Al grain size would be able to down to 0.66£gm, as 15.3 wt% of ZrO2 powder was reached.
The mechanical properties of the Al-matrix material could be also modified by adding ZrO2 that reduces the ductility but boosts the strength of the matrix material. When we put 15.3 wt% of ZrO2 powder, 5083 Al-alloy attained the hardness of 158Hv, almost twice of hardness of the original alloy material, and its yield strength also increased from 125MPa to 400MPa as well.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:NSYSU/oai:NSYSU:etd-0729105-111020
Date29 July 2005
CreatorsLin, Yu-duei
ContributorsHo, New-Jin, Huang, J. Chih-Ching, Kao Po-We
PublisherNSYSU
Source SetsNSYSU Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Archive
LanguageCholon
Detected LanguageEnglish
Typetext
Formatapplication/pdf
Sourcehttp://etd.lib.nsysu.edu.tw/ETD-db/ETD-search/view_etd?URN=etd-0729105-111020
Rightscampus_withheld, Copyright information available at source archive

Page generated in 0.0019 seconds